Wayne-1 Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP)—With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia’s women’s ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in Olympic qualifying. Slovakia outshot the Bulgarians 139-0 during the 60-minute game, played in Latvia. The margin of victory is a record for a women’s International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned event. “We took it as training,” Slovakia coach Miroslav Karafiat said after Saturday’s game. Janka Culikova led Slovakia with 10 goals, while Martina Velickova scored nine. Fourteen different players scored at least one goal. Slovakia, which also beat Croatia, Latvia and Italy, advanced to another qualifying group with Germany, Kazakhstan and France. The winner will secure a spot at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Bulgaria was eliminated after scoring one goal and giving up conceding 192 in the tournament. The Slovakian men’s team clinched its biggest ever victory against the Bulgarians 14 years ago when they won 20-0. --- LIEPAJA, Latvia – After Norway won Group B of the Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualification in Maribor (SLO), Slovakia followed in their footsteps, advancing in Group A in Liepaja (LAT). Slovakia started with a pair of two-goal wins against Latvia (2-0) and Italy (3-1) and then blew through the rest of the field. The Slovaks beat Croatia 18-1 on Sunday and then handed newcomer Bulgaria a very lopsided 82-0 loss in a game with 139-0 shots-on-goal tally. It was a new record score for a women’s IIHF-sanctioned event. However, it didn’t beat the 92-0 win of South Korea over Thailand in the (men’s) 1998 Asia-Oceania U18 Championship. Janka Culikova paced all scorers with ten goals, while Martina Velickova added nine. Romana Vargova, Nikoleta Celarova, Maria Herichova and Nikola Gapova had eight goals each. Latvia recovered from its loss against the Slovaks and finished in second place with three wins, ahead of Italy, Croatia and Bulgaria. Norway closed Group B with a perfect record. After securing their promotion to the next stage after two games, the Norwegians earned a 15-1 victory against the winless host, Slovenia. Great Britain finished in second thanks to a 4-3 win in overtime against Austria on the final day. Norway will play the Final Olympic Qualification, November 6-9, in Shanghai, China, while Slovakia will travel to Bad Tölz, Germany. --- actually, the funniest line I've seen about this is from the Yahoo sports blog: "Bulgaria lost to Italy (41-0) and Latvia (39-0), and it followed its 82-0 loss with a 30-1 defeat to Croatia (who obviously must address its defensive shortcomings before Vancouver in 2010)." In total, Bulgaria's women's ice hockey team surrendered more goals in four games (192) than the Detroit Red Wings did in 82 games last season (184). other notes from the blog which used various sources: Bulgaria has ... only three indoor ice rings (sic) in the country and only 37 registered female players. Goalie Liubomira Shosheva made 57-saves in 56 minutes. http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nhl_e...ymyw3._C3MJDZ1W. nice tiara (I can't get the pic or link to work in the post, just add a period "." to the above link to see a pic of a Bulgarian fan) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innis_Mor Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Of course, these transpirations never really help encourage the IOC to retain/promote such a sport for the Oylmpics. I realize Bulgaria won't be competing in women's hockey at the Olympics any time soon, but the IOC looks for a certain level of world participation in sports at an acceptable level. Bulgaria can't be included in the "country count" if teams keep blowing them out like that. Funny on Croatia giving up a goal. Likely accidentally shot the puck into their own net on one of those delayed penalty calls (?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-1 Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Of course, these transpirations never really help encourage the IOC to retain/promote such a sport for the Oylmpics. I realize Bulgaria won't be competing in women's hockey at the Olympics any time soon, but the IOC looks for a certain level of world participation in sports at an acceptable level. Bulgaria can't be included in the "country count" if teams keep blowing them out like that. Funny on Croatia giving up a goal. Likely accidentally shot the puck into their own net on one of those delayed penalty calls (?). I believe this was one of Bulgaria's first, if not their very first, IIHF-competition... they've never participated in a world championship, not even in Division IV, nor are they listed in the world rankings... the IIHF knows there's great disparity in women's hockey, in fact they've created a Division V for 2009... Spain, Poland, Bulgaria, and Ireland will participate... they're all newcomers to women's hockey... international women's hockey, like softball, is completely dominated by less than a handful of teams... however, unlike softball and baseball, the IIHF does have a little leverage with the IOC, i.e. the men's tournament... so it's far less likely to get the boot from the Olympics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klotenjames Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 This appeared on the forum for the hockey team i support over here. IN the last 3 minutes, SLovakia scored 2 penalty shots and 2 empty netters (Bulgaria actually pulled their goalie to try and get a goal ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-1 Posted September 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 should the Slovaks have taken pity on the Bulgarians?... or would that have been even more insulting? sometimes when Canadian teams played over-matched opponents in the distant past, they did things like making sure every player on the ice touched the puck before taking a shot... the Slovaks could have done that or had their players aim for the posts instead of trying to score or just played "keep away" for most of the game -- it turned out that way anyway with 0 Bulgarian shots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony1234 Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 And Patrick Roy had the nerve to whine after being left in for 9 goals against !!! Joking folks, just joking.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l_39_habitant Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP)—With more goals than minutes in the game, Slovakia's women's ice hockey team claimed an amazing 82-0 victory over Bulgaria in Olympic qualifying. Slovakia outshot the Bulgarians 139-0 during the 60-minute game, played in Latvia. The margin of victory is a record for a women's International Ice Hockey Federation-sanctioned event. "We took it as training," Slovakia coach Miroslav Karafiat said after Saturday's game. Janka Culikova led Slovakia with 10 goals, while Martina Velickova scored nine. Fourteen different players scored at least one goal. Slovakia, which also beat Croatia, Latvia and Italy, advanced to another qualifying group with Germany, Kazakhstan and France. The winner will secure a spot at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Bulgaria was eliminated after scoring one goal and giving up conceding 192 in the tournament. The Slovakian men's team clinched its biggest ever victory against the Bulgarians 14 years ago when they won 20-0. --- LIEPAJA, Latvia – After Norway won Group B of the Women's Olympic Pre-Qualification in Maribor (SLO), Slovakia followed in their footsteps, advancing in Group A in Liepaja (LAT). Slovakia started with a pair of two-goal wins against Latvia (2-0) and Italy (3-1) and then blew through the rest of the field. The Slovaks beat Croatia 18-1 on Sunday and then handed newcomer Bulgaria a very lopsided 82-0 loss in a game with 139-0 shots-on-goal tally. It was a new record score for a women's IIHF-sanctioned event. However, it didn't beat the 92-0 win of South Korea over Thailand in the (men's) 1998 Asia-Oceania U18 Championship. Janka Culikova paced all scorers with ten goals, while Martina Velickova added nine. Romana Vargova, Nikoleta Celarova, Maria Herichova and Nikola Gapova had eight goals each. Latvia recovered from its loss against the Slovaks and finished in second place with three wins, ahead of Italy, Croatia and Bulgaria. Norway closed Group B with a perfect record. After securing their promotion to the next stage after two games, the Norwegians earned a 15-1 victory against the winless host, Slovenia. Great Britain finished in second thanks to a 4-3 win in overtime against Austria on the final day. Norway will play the Final Olympic Qualification, November 6-9, in Shanghai, China, while Slovakia will travel to Bad Tölz, Germany. --- actually, the funniest line I've seen about this is from the Yahoo sports blog: "Bulgaria lost to Italy (41-0) and Latvia (39-0), and it followed its 82-0 loss with a 30-1 defeat to Croatia (who obviously must address its defensive shortcomings before Vancouver in 2010)." In total, Bulgaria's women's ice hockey team surrendered more goals in four games (192) than the Detroit Red Wings did in 82 games last season (184). other notes from the blog which used various sources: Bulgaria has ... only three indoor ice rings (sic) in the country and only 37 registered female players. Goalie Liubomira Shosheva made 57-saves in 56 minutes. http://f3.yahoofs.com/ymg/ept_sports_nhl_e...ymyw3._C3MJDZ1W. nice tiara (I can't get the pic or link to work in the post, just add a period "." to the above link to see a pic of a Bulgarian fan) one word : OUCH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne-1 Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 we have VIDEO!!! these clips are unbelievable... http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puck_d...?urn=nhl,107581 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket-1 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 unbelievable in what way? exactly what i thought, the girls in the red jersey can barely skate lol what are they gonna do score some goals? no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bailey1 Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 Wow, like my 6 year old cousin can skate better than the Bulgars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonave Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 i have bulgarian heritage, ill leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareyPrice31 Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 82-0? You've GOT to be kidding me.. And I thought Raysoft was a bad goaltender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruuvimeisseli Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 82-0? You've GOT to be kidding me.. And I thought Raysoft was a bad goaltender. I should play for team bulgaria as a goalie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemsky83_09 Posted September 27, 2008 Report Share Posted September 27, 2008 You have to start somewhere. Kudos to them for even trying. I hope they don't give up and keep at it. More competition is needed or the Womens Olympic program could go the way of Olympic Softball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newton-mtl Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 And a brawl to wrap it up.. unbelievable! Pity the Bulgarians couldn't score at least a single goal. I wouldn't want to find myself in such a situation, on either side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sens27 Posted October 4, 2008 Report Share Posted October 4, 2008 Hats off to the bulgarians. Some of them look like they have only been skating a year. Like another poster said "You need to start somewhere" Give it time and i am sure the improvement will come. Good job girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CareyPrice31 Posted October 7, 2008 Report Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hats off to the bulgarians. Some of them look like they have only been skating a year. Like another poster said "You need to start somewhere" Give it time and i am sure the improvement will come. Good job girls. Yes, with practice they can get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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